Paper-holding clip for telephones



June 9, 1925. 1,541,525

w. H. s. PEARCE PAPER HOLDING CLIIi FDR TELEPHONES -|nvenT0r. WiHium Hs eoice bYfeM-WXW ATTys.

Patented June 9, 1925.

rATE-Nr 1 OFFICE.

WILLIAM 'H. S. PEARCE, F NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB TO CLEMENT J.

' ROBINSON, 035 BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS.

I PAPER-HQLDING SLIP FOR, TELEPHO NES.

Application filed: July 11, 1924'. Serial No. 725,381.

T0 (2 whom it may concern:

I Beit'known that I; VVI'LLIAM H. S. Pnnnon, a citizen io'fthe United States and resident of New-ton, county of Middlesex, State of- 5 Massachusetts, have invent-ed an Improvement in Paper-Holding Clips for Telephones, of which .the following description, inronneotion with the-accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates toza paper-holding clip which .is desi ned :to be detachably secured to a telephone for the purpose of readily holding memorandum slips.

An object of :the invention is to provide an improved paper clip for this purpose whichcan beeasily attached to or removed from :a telephone instrument and which when in place does not interfere in any w y witli the ordinary use of the telephone; v

"It frequently happens that when a businessman is absentfrom his desk-a telephone call is received for him and one commonpractice is for a clerk to place a'slip on the desk givi'ng some information relative to the I call. 'Ifthetel'ephone is equipped with my improved clip then such memorandum slip will be placed in the clip carried by the telephoneand-\vill-thus not only be in plain viewofthe'business man when he returns to his a desk but will also be i prevented from becoming lost among or covered up byother papers on the desk.

Theclip isalso useful for holding a memorandum-slip on which may be=written some data relative to a call which is tobe-made at some particular time'or-a memorandum slip carrying any other data or memorandum i which it is desiredshallbe called to the attention of' some person.

lvly improved clip comprises a holding portion adapted to 'frictionally engage the telephone and a paper-receivingportion to receive the memorandum slips. The holding' portion may be constructed in-various ways without departing from my invention but Iwillpreferably make it of a shape so that it can be readily applied to the top of the telephone stand at the point where the transmitter is pivotally connected thereto, although the invention would not be departed from if it were secured to some other portion of the telephone.

In order to give an understanding of the invention 1 have illustrated in. the drawings.

some selected embodiments thereof which will :now bedescribedafter which the novelfeatures wil be pointed outinthe appended claims.

Fig.- l is .a perspective view of a portion of atelephone havingmy improvements ap plied thereto Fig; 2 is a side view of thedevice shown in.

Fig. 1;

Fig.8 is a sectiononthe line 3-8, Fig. 2. The device comprises a-holding portion 1 adapted .to frictionally engage some part of a telephone and a paper-receiving portion- 2 into which memorandum slips 3 can beplaced. The holding portion .1 is herein shownvashaving a general U shape andofphone and are provided withopenings llof a shape to receive the enlarged ends 8, 9 of thepivotal connection. These cheeks .10 are more or less resilient and are preferably flared outwardly slightly at their edges as shown at 12 so as=to facilitate theapplication o'f-the device to the telephone stand. Thepaper holding part of the device comprises two members extending upwardly from the holding-portion .1 and oneor both of which are resilient, said members being shaped to form a tapering throat-between them.

Inthe construction shown in the: drawings the paper-holding portion comprises a relatively rigid arm 14 rising from the holding portion 1 and a resilient loop-shapedimember 15 which may be ,made -o'f a strip of spring metal which is bent so as to bring its ends together and thereby forming the loop, the ends being placed between the cheeks 10 of the holding member and se cured thereto in some suitable way as by means of'rivets 16. With this construction the leg 17 of the loop will rest yieldingly against the arm let and the upper or closed end of the loop will be separated from the upper end of the arm ltthereby forming a tapering throat 1.8 into which the slips of paper may be inserted. The resiliency of the spring member 15 holds the papers firmly in place and yet permits the separate slips of paper to be readily inserted. I

The U-shaped. holding portion is '7 of a shape to closely fit the upper end of the telephone stand so that when the clip is in place the back side or bridge portion of the holding portion stands closely adjacent to the telephone stand.

The device may be turned into different angular positions by turning the holding portion 1 about the enlarged ends 8 and 9 as a center. The lower end of the bridge portion constitutes a stop which co-operates with the telephone stand to limit the backward swinging movement of the clip and the forward swinging movement is limited by means of a stop projection 13 which extends inwardly from one of the cheeks 10. This stop projection 13 may be formed by upsetting inwardly a portion of the cheek as shown in Fig. 1. This stop projection cooperates with the top 4: of the telephone stand to limit the forward swinging movement of the paper-holding device. The device is retained in position by the frictional engagement of the cheeks 10 with the sides of the portion t of the telephone stand.

The device can be readily applied to or removed from the telephone without the use of any tools and without the necessity of loosening any screws or other parts of the telephone. The placing of the device on the telephone involves merely forcing the U- shaped holder over the top of the telephone until the rounded ends 8 and 9 of the pivot screw snap into the openings 11. The device may also be readily removed from the stand by simply applying sufficient force thereto to draw the cheeks 10 from their frictional engagement with the telephone stand. When in place the device will not interfere in any way with the use of the telephone. It furnishes a very convenient means for holding any memorandum slips which it is desired to call to the attention of the user of the telephone.

While I have illustrated herein a selected embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to the constructional features shown.

I claim- 1. A paper-holding clip for telephones comprising a U-shaped holding portion adapted to embrace the upper end of a telephone stand, the sides or cheeks of said holding" portion being resilient and each' having an opening therein to receive the rounded end of the pivot connection between the transmitter and the stand, and a paperreceiving portion rising from the holding portion and presenting a relatively rigid arm and a loop-shaped resilient member between which and said arm slips of paper may he frictionally held, said holding portion being of such a size that when it is in place on the stand the bridge portion thereof is situated close to the stand and the lower edge of said bridge portion forms a stop which by its engagement with the telephone stand limits the backward swinging motion of the device.

2. A paper-holding clip for telephones comprising a U-shaped holding portion adapted to embrace the upper end of a telephone stand, the sides or cheeks of said holding portion being resilient and each having an opening therein to receive the rounded end of the pivot connection between the transmitter and the stand, and a paperreceiving portion rising from the holding portion and presenting a relatively rigid arm and a loop-shaped resilient member between which and said arm slips of paper may be frictionally held, said holding portion being of such a size that when it is in place on the stand the bridge portion thereof is situated close to the stand and the lower edge of said bridge portion forms a stop which by its engagement with the telephone stand limits the backward swinging motion of the device, the upper edge of one of the cheeks having an inwardly-directed stop which by its engagement with the telephone stand limits the forward swinging movement of the device.

3. A device of the class described comprising a U-shaped holding portion adapted to embrace the upper end of a telephone stand, the sides or cheeks of said holding portion being resilient and each having an opening to receive the rounded end of the pivot connection between the transmitter and the stand, and a paper-receiving portion comprising a relatively rigid arm rising from the holding portion, and a loop-shaped resilient member secured to the holding portion and yieldingly engaging said arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM H. S. PEARCE. 

